Samaritana Malatesta

Samaritana Malatesta (died 1347) was the daughter of Ferrantino Malatesta, lord of Rimini, and Belluccia Baligani of Jesi. In 1314 she married Count Tolberto III da Camino of Ceneda. Widowed in 1317, she guarded her two young children, Beatrice and Biaquino VII, and ruled the castles of Portobuffolé, Camino, Motta and Cessalto.

In 1326 she held them against Guecellone VIII da Camino with Venetian support. After her son Biaquino VII was killed in 1337, she lost her lands and retired to Rimini, where she died in 1347.